Blinken's Saudi Visit Ends in Failure.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Saudi Arabia failed to secure any assurance from the Saudis on the normalization of Saudi-Israel relations. Blinken also had to concede some crucial ground on significant regional issues, including committing to work for the resolution of the conflict in Palestine and the creation of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders. The joint statement issued after his meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers indicated that the US may have conceded crucial geopolitical ground on other issues as well, including toning down its objections to Arab countries' normalizing their relations with Syria.